How Our Offsetting WorksThe Juneau Carbon Offset Fund is
Renewable Juneau's unique approach to improving the affordability of housing in Juneau as well as our tool to assist you in grappling with your carbon footprint. The Fund reduces home heating costs for lower income households by providing them with air-source heat pumps as replacement for fossil fuel heating systems. Each installed heat pump eliminates the need for roughly 500 gallons of diesel fuel annually while reducing each home's carbon creation from by about 11,000 pounds per year.
Renewable Juneau designed the Carbon Offset Fund to create a long term, effective means to assist Juneau's lower income families. The Fund's offset options target both local individuals and businesses as well as visitors to Juneau to build an income stream that funds the installation of heat pumps and educates homeowners about system operation and maintenance. The numbers of families assisted is dependent upon on the amount of revenue raised.
Your offset payments will not only make these heating system conversions possible, but will eliminate the carbon dioxide that results from burning home heating diesel oil. The Fund's web pages will allow you to choose how to offset your carbon production.
If you want a detailed approach, choose our
Calculator page. Here you'll find a method to pinpoint and summarize the carbon footprint of your personal life over the course of one year.
If you want to just get right to it, our
One Click page will allow you to offset quickly and easily, using preset options for your home, car and travel.
If you are a visitor to Juneau, we offer you the opportunity to offset carbon from your chosen tourism-related activities. Visit the
Juneau Visitor page to purchase offsets for your flight, cruise, flightseeing outing and whale watching trips.
Lastly, we offer you the very simple option of a
quick donation.If you'd like to learn more about air source heat pumps, visit
Renewable Juneau for detailed information on how they function and how they are reshaping the entire heating industry across the globe.